Awning-fixture.



No. 766,937. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. A. DB SIMONE. AWNING FIXTURE.

APPLIGATION FILED APE.12, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOR zm 4 2 m ATTORNEY Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY DE SIMONE, OF NFAV YORK, N. Y.

AWNlNG- -FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,937, dated A g 9,1904:.

Application filed April 12, 1904:.

To (all who'lm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY DE SIuoNn, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Awning-Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which formpart of this specification.

My invention relates toiixtures used in connection with the ordinaryawnings put up to the windows of houses, and particularly to that partof an awning-fixture which comprises the usual vertical red, one on eachside of the window-frame, on which is arranged to slide vertically or tobe vertically adjusted. a suitable device with which the inner end ofthe bow or metallic U-shaped device near the lower edge 01 the awning ispivotally connected, so that the said hoop may be elevated upwardly andtoward the window-frame in the arc of a circle to partially raise theawning, and which may, if desired, be thereafter liited bodily, with theWoven fabric of the awning, up to the vicinity of the top of thewindowframe, all in a manner and for purposes well understood to thoseskilled in the art. Prior to my invention such awning-fixtures have beenmost commonly made with the sliding device on the vertical rods ateither side of the window-frame free at all times to move up and down onsaid rods and with each inner end of the metallic bow of the awningpivotally connected therewith, while to maintain the awning in a loweredcondition a cord is usually employed, which at its outer end ispermanently connected to the middle of the bow or U-shaped metallicdevice and has its inner end at pleasure secured to or uncoupled from astaple or eye made fast in the sill oi the window midway of the width ofthe latter. It has, however, been suggested long ago to have the slidingdevice, to which each inner end of the bow is pivotally connected,provided with means for clamping it securely to the vertical rod onwhich it is adapted to slide to prevent the objectionable rattling andnoise caused by more or less motion in the parts Serial No. 202,7l6- (N0model.)

during windy weather and when the awning may be lowered and secured inits lowermost position by the cord, as just above mentioned. No suchmeans, however, for eiiectuating this desirable end has ever come intogeneral use to my knowledge or to the knowledge of those engaged inbuilding and using windowawnings, presumably because such clampingdevice suggested (and I believe, patented) years ago is too complicated,and hence undesirable for an awningfixture, which not only has to behandled mostly by servants and house help, but which, having to be putup and taken down, respectively, in and out of season, is objectionablewhere any part or parts of the fixtures are liable to become separatedand lost or mislaid.

- I have heretofore devised and put into practical operation an improvedfixture which was made the subject-matter of United States LettersPatent granted to me November 3, 1903, No. 743,257, in which patent willbe found fully shown and described my said improved construction Ofawning-fixture. In practice I have, however, learned that while my said.patented fixture possesses great utility over all others which precededit in the art it involves this objectionable feature-- viz., that in theuse of awnings comprising it there is a liability 01 a casual detachmentof the thumb-screws t'romthe threaded bosses of the sliding holder-tubesthat are arranged on the vertical guide-rods, which detachment orseparation of said thumb-screws from said sliding holdlast castings mayoccur under different conditions and result in two ways in considerableinconvenience to the user of the patented awnings. in the first placethe thumb-screw may be wholly unscrewed by a child or thoughtless personwhile the awning is in use, in which case the metal baillilce device ofthe awning will become detached from the other parts of the fixture,causing trouble and inconvenience, while at the same time the unscrewedthumb-screw becoming wholly separated from the other assembled parts mayfall, (to the street), aggravating the condition of affairs. In the nextplace, if no such accidental or heedless condition be brought about, intaking down for the season the awning or during storage of it thethumb-screw may become wholly detached from its nut and get lost ormislaid, causing inconvenience and replacement .by a new piece when itmay be desired to again put up the awning. To overcome this practicalobjection in my patented fixture is the object of my presentimprovement, which consists in providing the fixture with means by whichthe thumb-screw may be prevented from casual separation from its nut,while at the same time it may be easily detached therefrom whenevernecessary to separate the parts of the fixture in taking down the awningand its detachment certainly prevented after the parts shall have beenreassembled, until it may be desired to again designedly detach theseveral parts of the fixture.

In the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and inwhichI have shown my present invention carried out in that precise formin which I have so far successfully practiced it, though it may becarried into effect in some other form, Figure 1 is a vertical centralsection of an ordinary windowawning and the window-frame to which it isapplied comprising my novel construction of fixture or my improvement inawning devices. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on theline m wof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken at the liney y of Fig. 1 and made on an enlarged scale to better show the detailconstruction of that part of the awning-fixture in which resides myinvention or improvement. Fig. 4 is a detail section at the line 2 2 ofFig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the screwlockingdevices detached.

In the several figures the same part will be always found designated bythe same letter of reference.

A is the main body portion of an ordinary canvas awning, which at itslowermost rectangular edge is suitably secured to the usual U-shapedmetallic bail or'bow b and which has a vertically-depending shorterapron-like portion A the upper edge or end of the said awning beingsecured to the upper or top part of the wooden window-frame, all in theusual and well-understood manner.

(J is the usual holdfast or tying-down cord, which has its outer endsecurely fastened to the middle of the bail b at the point g and whichmay have its inner end made fast to an eye or staple m in the sill ofthe window for the usual and well-known purpose of holding the awningdown when lowered into the position shown at Fig. 1.

ff are the two vertical rods, which are secured in the well-known mannerone to each side of the window-frame, as shown, and upon which aretelescopically arranged, one on each, the tubular parts 0 of a simplecasting,

which, as shown, is formed with a hub-like boss 71, which is interiorlythreaded to accommodate the inner threaded end or portion 0 (see Fig. 3)of a thumb set-screw, which is manipulated easily in the well-knownmanner by the use of its flattened head 0 and which is made, as shown,with a plain or unthreaded body portion located between the position ofits thumb-head c and the outer surface of the boss or threaded hub a,(when the said thumbscrew is turned in, so as to bind or fasten thecasting a to the rod f,) and on this unthreaded body portion of saidset-screw is mounted, as shown, the eye a of the inner end of one of thelegs of the bow or bail b, all in the manner shown and described in mysaid Letters Patent. Instead, however, of the setscrew 0 being made andoperating as therein set forth I make it with a diametrically-locatedhole or perforation 8, (see Fig. 3,) and I make the rod-embracing slide6 with its opening for the accommodation of the guiderod considerablylarger in one direction than the guide-rod, so that the rod-clamping endof the set-screw when turned in projects materially beyond the innerwall of the slide (see Fig. 4L) or sufficiently to expose to View andfor access thereto the hole 8 in the screw.

25 is a simple-soft wire pin-like locking device used to temporarilyprevent detachment of the set-screw 0 from the holder 6.

At Fig. 5 is shown the locking device 6 in its normal condition, inwhich after the assemblage of the parts, as seen at Figs. 1 to 4,inclusive, it is inserted from above within the hole 8 in screw 0, inwhich it is supported by its L-shaped head, and then by slightlyunscrewing or turning out the screw the lower protruding end of said pin6 is bent over and in between the male and female threads of the twoparts 0 and 2' of the fixture, thus binding on and preventing furtherrelative movement of these screw-threaded parts. It will be understoodthat after this bending into an operative condition of the (so to speak)chocking device lithe set-screw will be free to be turned in or screwedin to effectuate the clamping onto the slide-rod f of the sliding holderdevice n, all as in the case of my patented device, and that when it maybecome necessary to segregate or detach the several parts of What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the holder, or rodslide a; and the set-screw,arranged therein and operating to clamp said holder, at pleasure, to theusual awning slide-rod;. of means operating to prevent a completeseparation of said set-screw and slide a, While the awning is set up inan operative condition, While, at the same time, permitting thenecessary relative IO movement of the set-screw and holder all in themanner and for the purposes set forth. In Witness whereof I havehereunto 'setiny hand this 8th day of April, 1904.

ANTHONY DE SIMONE. In presence of LOUIS F. SANDKAUT, JOSEPH. L. SAOKMAN.

